Archive for the ‘Lieutenant Governor News’ Category

From PjStar.com:

How do you help get Illinois’ economy back on track and reform a flawed political system in a job that has no specific constitutional duties and has been vacant for nearly six months? Dave Winters wants to find out firsthand.

Winters, a Republican state representative from Shirland near Rockford, today announced he’s running for his party’s nomination for lieutenant governor next year.

Winters made Springfield one of several stops to kick-start his campaign featuring two main themes: revitalizing economic development in communities throughout the state, and changing how government works at the Capitol

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From the New Jersey Herald:

Reality TV star Randal Pinkett says he’ll consider running for lieutenant governor in New Jersey when — and if — an offer is made.

The season 4 “Apprentice” winner told The Associated Press Wednesday he had met with Gov. Jon Corzine, but the governor has not asked him to be his running mate.

“I am extremely honored to be among the people he is considering to join the ticket,” said Pinkett, an African-American businessman who co-chaired Newark Mayor Cory Booker’s transition team. “The governor did not offer me the lieutenant governorship. My family and I reserve the right, if it were to be offered, that I would then decide whether this is the right time for me to enter public life.”

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From Delmarvanow.com:

Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling visited one of the area’s largest employers on Thursday as part of his “Jobs for Virginians” tour across the state.

Walking from building to building at internationally recognized New Ravenna Mosaics and Stone headquarters with owner and founder Sara Baldwin, Bolling said the best way to find out about creating jobs is to talk to the people doing it.

“What can we do to help get the economy going and create jobs?” Bolling said. “We’ve been hit hard — 165,000 more Virginians are unemployed now than a couple of years ago.”

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From the Polit Bureau:

State Sen. Dean Skelos, who is leading the charge against the Ravitch appointment saw it differently. He responded by saying the governor might have “bought himself a little time,” but that the courts would ultimately rule in his favor.

Both sides expect the final decision to be made by the Court of Appeals, which is New York’s highest court.

Ravitch’s appointment became a bit less dramatic after state Sen. Pedro Espada rejoined the Democratic caucus earlier this month, thus breaking the 31-31 tie that had led to a month of inactivity in the chamber.

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From wivb.com:

There’s a man waiting in the wings to become Lieutenant Governor but a court says he can’t take the job.

A State Supreme Court Judge on Long Island has issued a restraining order blocking Richard Ravitch from serving as Paterson’s number two.

The judge writes taht Ravitch was illegally appointed, and should nto be in the line of succession to the Governor’s office.

The appointment was opposed by Senate Republicans as well as Democratic Attorney General Andrew Cuomo who says there is no basis in the State Constitution for the appointment.

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From KTUU.com:

The process to confirm the next lieutenant general began Monday.

The House Judiciary Committee held a confirmation hearing for Lt. Gen. Craig Campbell in Fairbanks, and the public got a chance to weigh in on the choice for the state’s No. 2 job.

Committee Chair Jay Ramras, R-Fairbanks, says the hearing gave the Legislature a chance to sort out challenges of succession raised by Gov. Sarah Palin’s resignation.

Campbell, currently the commissioner of Military and Veterans Affairs, used the hearings as an opportunity to show his experience outside the military.

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From the Spokesman Review:

Once lieutenants take over for departing governors in Alaska, where Gov. Sarah Palin recently announced her resignation, and Utah, where Gov. Jon Huntsman has been nominated to serve as the U.S. ambassador to China, there will have been five successions this year – joining those in Illinois and Kansas, as well as Arizona, which has no lieutenant govenor, making the secretary of state next in line – and 20 since 2000.

“The ever-increasing impact of the office of lieutenant governor on the leadership of the nation in the states is renewing interest in the office of lieutenant governor,” said Julia Hurst, director of the National Lieutenant Governors Association.

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